Design Director – Healthcare

at  Stantec

DESCRIPTION:

Stantec UAE is looking to hire a Design Director - Healthcare to be located in Dubai and to lead the design practices for Healthcare within the Buildings Business Unit.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Recruit, Retain best people and create an inspired culture
• Provide leadership to the Design delivery team with an inspired culture
• In a proactive manner, identify recruitment requirements and work with the team to recruit the right candidates
• Lead interviews of key technical positions
• Support staff development and career development plans
• Communicate often and in person – be present
• Trust, empower and hold staff directly reporting to you accountable
• Work closely with the discipline leaders in identifying successors for key positions
• Dedicate time to mentor staff and provide regular feedback

Develop growth strategies, identify opportunities, and manage key accounts:

• Work closely with the Regional Director – Design Services, Operations and Commercial Director, Project Managers and Discipline Leaders, to identify transformational ideas and areas for growth
• Lead account management activities for key clients
• Lead the preparation of all proposals
• Review and provide input to technical proposal methodology and resources level of effort (LOE) needed to complete the scope.
• Attend Client meetings, presentations in winning new work.

Technical Excellence and Innovation:

• Excel in delivering quality and on time tasks/projects by working collaboratively with the Project Managers and technical teams.
• Ensure QA/QC systems are followed ensuring quality work to be delivered to Clients
• Work closely with the Project Managers and Discipline leaders to ensure that competent resources needed for project delivery are properly planned, assigned, and made available.
• Be mindful of the budget of the projects to be delivered and ensure technical delivery is completed within the budget
• Increase contribution to RNet (Resource Support from Pune) and work with the Discipline Leaders to continually improve the working arrangements with RNet.
• Develop a strategy to increase automation of design activities and the reuse of templates.
• Connect globally and bring best practices by promoting global connectivity at all levels.

Operational Excellence:

• Support the Regional Director – Design Services in business planning related to client management
• Achieve P&L targets by being accountable for the projects’ technical performance
• Support the Operations & Commercial Director and Project Manager’s to identify change of scope and assist in demonstrating these changes to the client.
• Work with the Operations & Commercial Director, Regional Director – Design Services and Discipline Leaders to prepare resource plans for projects in the pipeline on a rolling 6 months basis.
• Establish billable targets for the technical delivery teams: direct and Indirect time.

Achieve Exceptional Project Performance:

• Ensure that project resource planning is carried out appropriately and high degree of utilization is always maintained
• Ensure that project reviews are conducted monthly and sign off on project status reports with focus on technical delivery issues.
• Obtain feedback from clients on technical performance.

Success Criteria:

• Projects are completed on budget, on time and to client satisfaction
• Achieve high quality technical delivery
• Technical delivery teams achieve utilization targets
• Efficient use of RNet
• High staff engagement and morale
• Strong evidence of collaboration with other Directors, Discipline Leaders, Project Managers and Global Leaders.

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QUALIFICATIONS:

Person Specifications and Qualifications:

• Demonstrable alignment with Stantec’s core values
• Passionate about success
• Strong interpersonal and people leadership skills
• Knowledge of ME market
• Willingness to travel within the region
• Demonstrated experience in managing large team of multidisciplinary designers
• Minimum BS in Architecture from Internationally recognized Institutions
• 15+ years of experience

Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Type: Regular
Job Category: Architecture

• Recruit, Retain best people and create an inspired culture
• Provide leadership to the Design delivery team with an inspired culture
• In a proactive manner, identify recruitment requirements and work with the team to recruit the right candidates
• Lead interviews of key technical positions
• Support staff development and career development plans
• Communicate often and in person – be present
• Trust, empower and hold staff directly reporting to you accountable
• Work closely with the discipline leaders in identifying successors for key positions
• Dedicate time to mentor staff and provide regular feedbac